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The incident happened on April 30, when Uddin, from Shrewsbury Road in Newham, was driving the No 25 bus from Ilford to Oxford Circus.

At the end of the route, he parked the bus in Harewood Place, a side street where the buses turn for the return journey, and beckoned a 25-year-old French woman who was standing nearby onto the vehicle to assist her with directions.

He then closed the doors and persuaded her to assist him in fixing an alarm on the upstairs rear window.

At that point he sexually assaulted the victim, who tried to run away screaming, before she was cornered by the driver's cab, which is when Uddin performed a sex act upon himself.

After almost four minutes he used the emergency door release and the distraught woman was able to escape, while Uddin then returned to work behind the wheel of the bus.

He was arrested on May 10 and charged with one count of sexual assault on a female, one count of false imprisonment and one count of public nuisance (indecent exposure).

Uddin appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ court the following day and was remanded to Southwark Crown Court, where he changed his plea to guilty.

Detective Constable Teresa Moore from the Roads and Transport Policing Command said: “The victim has had a traumatic experience from her ordeal. Mohammed Uddin deceived the woman into a falsehood of security as he pretended to give her directions and then abused her.

“The sentence sends out a clear message that such conduct will not be tolerated and will be dealt with robustly. “

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Tower Transit, the company which operates the No 25 route, said Uddin was dismissed before the court case after viewing CCTV footage.

In sentencing, His Honour Judge Heir described Uddin’s actions as “chilling and disgusting” and constituted a “huge breach of trust,” telling Uddin “you exploited your responsible position” and that he had “tricked” the victim.

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